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YADKINVILLE, YADKIN COUNTY, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1941
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LATE
NEWS
IN
BRIEF
From
the
State
and
Nation
STATE
RALEIGH, Jan. 14 —Trans
mitting a proposed budget call
ing for the expenditure of
$163,635,?82 in state money in
the next biennium, Governor
Broughton today urged the
general assembly to maintain
a balanced budget, lengthen the
list of sales tax exemptions, and
increase no taxes. The record
expenditure, contained in the
unanimous report of the ad
visory budget commission and
former Governor Hoey, goes as
far “as prudence would dic
tate**, Governor Broughton said.
The budget would be balanced
and practically every state
agency and institution would
receive increased funds.
NATIONAL
TBS GOVERNMENT stepped
into a labor dispute involving
a defense industry Tuesday and
demanded that strike-closed
plants In Ohio and Michigan be
re-opened. The government’s
position in the strikes, involving
five units and about 3,500 em
ployees of the Eaton Manufac
turing company, was stated by
James F. Dewey, a labor de
partment conciliator. Dewey
said in Detroit that he would
insist as a “defense measure**
that the plants be re-opened
and that differences be ad
justed after the plants were
running. Dewey added that
this was the first time such a
“drastic step’* had been taken
by the government under the
defense program.
WASHINGTON, Jan, 14.—
Glenn L. Martin, pioneer air
plane builder, told Congress to
day it should keep in mind a
“bigger show” than the current
arms program and delegate
emergency authority to draft
labor as well as industry for de
fense production. Testifying
before the house naval commit
tee, Martin also said he thought
a six-day week was “by all
means necessary” in all defense
plants. He added that the gov
ernment should have immediate
power to “draft” idle machine
tools whenever they could be
utilized for armament wort:.
*
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—
Displaying more anger than he
has shown in many days, Pres
ident Roosevelt today declared
that critics of his aid-to-Britain :
plan were guilty of the “rotten- I
est” and “most dastardly” un
truths when they charged that
the plan would result in “plow
ing under every fourth Ameri
can child.” The President
named no names at a press
conference, but it was imme
diately recalled that Senator
Wheeler, Democrat, Montana,
embattled opponent of the
Roosevelt plan, had said in a
speech Sunday night that “the
lend-lease-give program is the
new deal's triple A foreign
policy—plow under every fourth
American boy.”
INTERNATIONAL
LONDON, Jan. 14.—An air
ministry statement that R. A.
F. night fighters are “beginning
to show results” against noctur
nal raiders and the admiralitys
announcement of one of the
smallest week’s shipping losses
of the war bolstered hopes of
Britons tonight of overcoming
cventaully the two chief men
aces to their embattled island.
Last night’s massive fire-bomb
raid on the southwest port of
Plymouth, the target of If,000
incendiaries and “many tons”
of high explosives, showed,
however, that Britain has far
to go in coping with the night
raiders—-and the air ministry
admitted as much.
LONDON, Jan. 14.—Britain’s
23,000-ton aircraft carrier Il
lustrious and the 9,100-ton
crusier Southampton were dam
aged January 10, the admiralty
announced tonight, in the first
reported use of German dive
bombers in the Mediterranean
area. Italian and German
planes cooperated in the attack
on the warships, which were
convoying merchant vessels to
Greece with “material assis
tance” for the Albanian ^eaan
jHdga.
ITALIAN DRIVE
IS CRUSHED BY
GREEK FORCES
Attempt to Counter Attack
Proves Failure
RAIDERS OVER NORWAY
Bad Weather Causes Lull in
the Air Siege of Great
Britain
LONDON ENJOYS QUIET
Greece’s mountain fighters re
ported Wednesday they smashed
two Italian counterattacks in the
drive north from Klisura, in cen
tral Albania, compelling the
Fascists to retire in such haste
they left dead and wounded on
the battlefield.
Thai, the Greeks said, they re
sumed their advance toward Be
rati.
Bad weather caused a lull in
the air siege of Britain during
the night, but R. A, F. bombers
flew through “dirty” skies to
pound Nazi air bases, shipping
and a railroad bridge in German
occupied Norway. Two direct
hits were reported on a motorship
in Stavanger roads, on the West
Coast.
London’s millions enjoying an
other night of quiet, wondering
at the continued absence of Ger
man raiders since Sunday night.
With the arrival of daylight,
however, Nazi bombers returned
to the assault. A lone raider ma
chine-gunned a village in north
ern Scotland and dropped a
single bomb. Planes were also re
ported over East Anglia.
Reports reaching struga, Yugo
slavia, said Albanian guerrillas
were raiding Fascist lines of com
munication and ammunition de
pots, thus complicating the Ital
ian efforts to stem the Greek ad
vance.
Two Albanian battalions organ
ized by Italians, were said to
have been disbanded because
they refused to fight the Greeks.
Plans Complete
For Annual
Dances In Yadkin
Harold Gale and his Society
Club Orchestra will play for the
two President’s Birthday dances
to be held in Yadkinville and
East Bend this year. The East
Bend dance will be held Friday
night, January 31, and the Yad
kinville dance will be Saturday
night, February 1.
The Society Club orchestra, of
Winston-Salem, is a well-known
and popular dance band, and is
in demand by many organiza
tions. They have appeared from
time to time on the Marine Roof
of the-Robert E. Lee Hotel. Pat
terson’s string band will also ap
pear at both balls for square
dancing. Both dances will begin
at 8 o’clock, and end at 12
o’clock, in the two school gym
nasiums.
Square dancing, the committee
announces, will in all probability
take place from 8 to 9 o’clock, at
which time round dancing will
begin. More square dancing will
take place later in the evening.
Admission for either event is
$1.00 per couple. The public is
urged to attend and support these
worthwhile functions. Half of
the money taken in will be re-.
tained in the county, the other
half going to the national fund
to combat infantile paralysis. In
Yadkinville, tickets may be secur
ed from both drug stores, or from
Hugh West, Miss Mary Kelly and
Mrs. Ray Graham; in Boonville,
from Boonville Drug Co. and Miss
Grace Hayes; and in East Bend,
from East Bend Drug Co., Mrs.
Blanco Harrell and Mrs. Jamie
Leak Messick.
Civitan Club Hears
Dr. I. G. Greer '
The Yadkinville Civitan Club
met in the club rooms Tuesday
evening with Dr. I. G. Greer, of
j the Mills Home, Thomasville or
phanage, as guest speaker. Mrs.
j Greer was also present.
After an opening song o f
“America,” Rev. R. L. West in
I troduced the speaker to the
'group. Dr. Greer first interpret
ed and sang a number of ballads
and folk songs, accompanied by
Mrs. Greer at the piano, and
later made a short address. The
session closed with a song.
The Woman’s Missionary Soci
ety served dinner to the club
and its guests.
AWARD WINNERS
Pictured below are offi
cers of the Copeland 4-H
Club, winner of $100 as the best club in North Carolina,
taking the honor from 1,500 other 4-H clubs. The officers
are, left to right, top row: Louise Banner, president;
Hugh Snow, viee-president. Bottom, left to right: Ruth
Wood, secretary, and Jessie Snow, recreational director.
The club has made an enviable record in both Surry coun
ty $nd in the state during recent years, but this is the
first time it has won first prize.
Yadkin County
Woman Passes
Away At Home
Mrs. Viola Hampton Lineberry,
61, died Wednesday afternoon of
last week at her home near Boon
ville, following a critical illness of
one week .
A native of Hamptonville, Mrs.
Lineberry was the daughter of the
late Dr. Lee Hampton and Mrs.
Hampton.
She is survived by her husband,
T. L. Lineberry, three sons, Fred
and William Lineberry of Jones
ville and Wade Lineberry of Elk
in. One brother and one sister,
W. N. Hampton of Duncan, Okla
homa, and Mrs. W. A. Hendrix of
Ronda, also survive.
Funeral services were conducted
Friday morning from Shady Grove
Baptist church. The rites were
in charge of Rev. Cleat Simmons,
Rev. R. E. Connell and Rev. D. G.
Reece. Interment was in the
church cemetery.
Funeral Held for
Vaughan Shugart
Funeral services were held Sun- I
day afternoon at Boonville Bap
tist church,, for Vaughan O. Shu
gart, 46, who died Friday after
noon at a Winston-Salem hospi
tal after a few hours illness. Rev.
J. P. Davis and Rev. J. H. Green
conducted the services and burial
followed in the Boonville ceme
tery.
Mr. Shugart was a native of
Boonville, a son of Mr. and Mrs.
S. E. (Bahnson) Shugart. He
spent several years in New York
and New Jersey with General
Outdoor Advertising Co., return
ing to Boonville a few years ago*
For the past several months he
had operated Boone Castle ser
vice station and eating place two
miles east of Boonville.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Gertrude Shugart; one. daughter,
Mrs. Earl Jones, of Charleston,
W. Va.; his parents; three
brothers, Z. A. and F. Y. Shugart,
of Boonville, and O. K. Shugart,
of Pisgah, Md., and one sister,
Mrs. A. L. Wall, of Walkertown.
Meeting Scheduled
For Pork Handling
A pork cutting and curing
demonstration will be held at the
home of R. A. McLaughlin, coun
ty agent, Wednesday, Jan. 22, at
9 o’clock. Mr. McLaughlin lives
in the second house on the right
West of the Yadkinville city
limits.
Mr. E. V. Vestal, Extension
swine specialist, will be in charge
of this demonstration and will
explain and demonstrate the var
ious processes of handling farm
meats. All interested persons are
invited to attend.
Do You Believe
In Ghosts?
Whether you believe i n
ghosts or not, don’t fail to
read “Through The Keyhole”
on the Editorial page of the
Ripple this week.
For the first time, the con
ductor of this popular column
has found what is believed to
be true evidence concerning
the oft-repeated legend of the
woman who “comes back” oc
casionally on the road between
High Point and Stoneville. It
has been the object of much
controversy for many years
between those who have tried
to find definite information on
the matter.
This is the first time the
gentlemen’s story, told in the
column, has appeared in print.
Soil Conservation
Meetings Planned
Three educational meetings will
be held in Yadkin county to ex
plain the local district program,
according to an announcement by
the Tri-Creek Soil Conservation
office. The meetings will be un
der the supervision of Earl H.
Meacham, of Raleigh. He will
illustrate his talks with slides
showing the different types of
soil conservation control.
Meetings have been scheduled
at the following places: This af
ternoon (Thursday), Fall Creek
school, 2:30 o’clock: at 7:30,
Courtney school; and Friday,
East Bend school, 2:30 o’clock.
Previously the district has
worked with individual farmers
scattered throughout the county,
but in the future will work in
groups in order to reach more
farms. Plans have been made so
each community will be reached
approximately once a year.
Farmers are urged to attend
one of the above scheduled meet
ings, as it will likely be a year
before this opportunity will be
offered again.
Little Adams Girl
Claimed by Death
Mary Catherine Adams, 8-year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Agbert Adams, of near Union
Cross, died Saturday morning at
Elkin hospital, after an illness of
a few days with diphtheria.
Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon at the home
of the parents, with Rev. and
Mrs. E. Q. Key in charge. Burial
was in Union Cross church cem
etery. ,
Survivors include the parents;
one brother, Oben Adams; four
sisters, Mrs. Annie Pearl Wil
liams, Doris Marie, Pattie Sue, of
Union Cross; Mrs. Araie Brown,
Union Cross* and Laura Adams,
Winston-Salem.
BANK OF YADION
HAS GOOD YEAR
Stockholders Annual Meeting
Is Held Friday at
Bank
4 PER CENT. DIVIDEND
The Bank of Yadkin stockhold
ers held their annual meeting in
the bank Friday and went over
the work of the past year which
showed increased business over
the preceding year.
They declared and paid a cash
dividend of 4 per cent, to stock
holders as they have done in the
past few years.
All the old officers and direc
tors of the bank were re-elected,
and in addition Clinton W. Hall
was elected assistant cashier. He
has been with the bank for the
past several months. The offi
cers of the bank now are as fol
lows:
President, W. A. Hall; vice
president and cashier, E. H. Bar
nard; assistant cashiers, A. E.
Holton and Clinton W. Hall; di
rectors, W. A. Hall, T. R. Eaton,
Avalon E. Hall, E. H. Barnard, T.
H. Chamberlain and R. B. Long.
Increased business in all de
partments was shown for the
past year. Total resources of the
bank as shown Jan. 1 were $405,
914.58. Every department of the
bank reflects the sound condi
tion in which this bank stands.
The capital of the bank is $20,
000.00, with a surplus of $18,
000.00, an increase of $3,000 over
last year’s statement, and undi
vided profits of $3,401.23.
Dr. Spencer Bell
New Health Officer
For Yadkin County
Dr. Spencer Bell, of Brooks
Cross Roads, was last Monday
elected county health officer for
Yadkin county, succeeding Dr.
Allen Brandon who has served
for the past two years.
Dr. Bell was the unanimous;
choice of the county board of
health which met Monday morn
ing in the court hourse.
The only other business coming
before the board of health was
the discussion of the advisability
of having a whole time health
officer for the county. The pro
posal met with favorable com
ment among the members of the
board and it is to be taken up at i
a later meeting.
Yadkin Girl Wins
Verdict of Acquittal
Red-headed Mary Lou Taylor,
28-year-old white woman of i
Hamptonville, wiped tears of re- j
lief from her eyes Monday after
noon in the Forsyth county j
court house when she was ac
quitted of a charge of lifting a1
74-y e a r-old man’s pocketbook !
while she kissed him.
E. A. Terrell, elderly Forsyth
county citizen, said he missed his
pocketbook, containing $142, af
ter the young woman had given
him a long and earnest kiss sev
eral days ago. The jury, after
hearing Miss Taylor testify that;
she did not take the money from
Mr. Terrell, returned a verdict of
not guilty.
Money Appropriated
For School Building
John A. Lang, NYA state ad
ministrator, announced this week
that a total of $12,023.40 had
been approved for the construc
tion of a colored high school
building one mile northeast of
Boonville.
Guy Angell, local NYA director,
states that the construction of
the four-room building will prob
ably begin next week. The labor
will be furnished by boys under
the NYA program.
Salvage lunger and other ma
terial will be secured from the
old Hamptonville school for use
in the structure, it was an
nounced.
HIGHER
Greater industrial activity, at
tributable in part to the defense
program, is likely to result in
higher average prices for farm
products and in higher incomes
for farmers in 1941.
MACHINERY
Some agricultural experts be
lieve that with farm labor costs
going up just as farmers are
sending their sons into the draft
army, there will be an increasing
need for farm machinery.
Boonville Woman
Shot By Estranged
Husband Saturday
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President
W. A. Hall, above, one of the
most widely known and highly
respected citizens of Yadkin
county, has been connected
with the Bank of Yadkin since
its organization in 1905, and
has successfully piloted the
bank through many stormy
seasons without the loss of one
cent to any stockholder. He
has served as president of the
bank since 1932, and was again
elected to that position at the
bank’s annual meeting Friday.
— (Ripple Photo.)
Yadkin Members
Get Appointments
On Committees
Representative Hevey Norman
and Senator Miles F. Shore of
Yadkin county fared nicely in the
appointment of the various house
and senate committees of the gen
eral assembly, which appoint
ments were made public Tuesday
morning.
Senator Shore was placed on
the appropriations committee, the
committee of counties, cities and
towns, election laws, enrolled bills,
insurance, pensions and soldiers
home and the committee for sena
torial districts.
Mr. Norman was appointed on
the committee of banks and bank
ing. salaries and fees, unemploy
ment commission, enrolled bills
and the committee on printing.
Lieutanant Governor R. L. Har
ris, presiding officer of the senate,
made the Shore appointments and
Speaker of the House O. M. Mull
appointed Norman on the various
committees.
Influenza Cases
Light in County
Yadkin county has very little
flu among its inhabitants, ac
cording to local physicians. Doc
tors L. S. Hall and H. A. Bran
don report that they have only
about a half-dozen cases each.
These are remarkably few, con
sidering the wide extent of the
epidemic in other sections of the
state.
The flu epidemic, moving
southward, struck Greensboro so
severely that all public schools
were closed Monday of this week,
and other counties were described
as being hard hit.
Local residents are urged to
get in touch with their family
physician at the first sign of the
sickness to prevent any wide
spreading of the disease.
Native of Yadkin
Claimed by Death
Mrs. Callie Lee Kiger, 53, wife
of J. I. Kiger, of Tobaccoville,
and daughter of Mrs. C. J.
Draughan, of Yadkinville, died at
a Winston-Salem hospital Sun
day night.
The funeral was held Tuesday
afternoon at Mizpah Moravian
church, near the home, with in
terment in Wolfs cemetery.
Survivors include the mother,
her husband, six sons, two daugh
ters, three grandchildren, two
brothers, Albert and Caleb
Draughan, of Yadkin ville; four
sisters, Mrs. E. R. Doheny, Win
ston-Salem; Mrs. Charles Spease,
Tobaccoville; Mrs. Clyde Hauser
and Miss Virginia Draughan, of
Yadkin ville.
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BULLET PASSES
THROUGH BODY;
ANOTHERHURT
Condition of Victim, Mrs.
Viola Norman, Serious
HUSBAND HELD IN JAIL
Shooting Takes Place Follow
ing Fuss Over Custody of
Small Child
NORMAN SAID DRINKING
Mrs. Viola Norman, 19, of
Boonville, is in Hugh Chatham
hospital critically ill from a pistol
wound through the body allegedly
inflicted by her estranged hus
band, Hickman Norman, 24, about
8:00 o’clock Saturday evening.
Norman is being held without
bond in the Yadkin county jail
pending the outcome of his wife’s
injuries.
The shooting was said to have
occurred in front of the home of
George Brown, Mrs. Norman’s
father, where the injured woman
had been making her home for
the past six weeks following sep
aration from her husband. It
was stated that Norman, accom
panied by his brother, Curtis
Norman, went to the Brown home
on pretense of getting his son,
who had been living with his
mother. Following his arrival,
Mrs. Norman was said to have
gotten into her husband’s car,
and a fuss between the two re
sulted. A few moments later
Norman was said to have pulled
pocket and fired at his wife.
When Curtis Norman saw his
brother draw the pistol, he was
said to have made an attempt to
prevent him from shooting Mrs.
Norman. As a result, the bullet
passed through his hand and
completely through the body of
the woman, piercing the stomach.
Dr. J. R. Finney, a physician,
was called to treat the injured
woman, and he sent her immed
iately to the Elkin hospital. Later
the husband went with his broth
er to Dr. Finney’s home to have
the wounded hand dressed, and
Dr. Finney called Deputy Sheriff
F. E. Hurt, who arrested the man
and placed him in jail at Yadkin
ville.
According to information furn
ished the officers Norman made
some threats against his wife be
fore he left Jonesville Saturday
afternoon.
Norman is a son of Rufus Nor
man and Bessie Matthews Nor
man, members of good families,
and was bom near,Union Cross.
He married Viola Brown about
two years ago.
Norman was said to have been
drinking at the time of the
shooting.
Elkin hospital attaches Wed
nesday afternoon described Mrs.
Norman's condition as serious.
WINSTON-SALEM LEAF
AVERAGES ARE HIGH
Winston-Salem, Jan. 13—The
Winston-Salem old belt tobacco
market, reopening today after a
long Christmas holiday, disposed
of 406,172 pounds of the golden
weed at an average of $13.26 per
hundred pounds, a level better
than many marketers expected.
Tobacco from eastern North
Carolina and the middle belt sec
tions was sold here today and
the growers appeared pleased
with their prices.
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matter at once.